title: First report of fatal human infections with the cactophilic yeast Sporopachydermia cereana.
abstract: Sporopachydermia cereana is a cactophilic yeast, which is not recognised as a human pathogen. We describe two fatal infections with this fungus in profoundly neutropenic patients. S. cereana escapes detection by conventional mycological identification methods. This organism may be an under-recognised cause of fatal fungal sepsis among immunocompromised patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey SM25PT, United Kingdom. aparan@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Parameswaran
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Anoop
authors.forename: Unell
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Riley
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ethell
authors.forename: Jennie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Treleaven
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Gareth J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: Mike N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Potter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000150:complications*; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B